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What is sociology? Why study sociology?
What are sociologists concerned about?
Who is August Comte? What is his
theory? Do you agree or disagree with
this theory? Why?
What is the conflict perspective? How is
perspective applied to the study of
sociology? Give an example to support.
What is the functionalist perspective?
How is perspective applied to the study
of sociology? Give an example to
support.
What is the feminist perspective? How is
perspective applied to the study of
sociology? Give an example to support.
What is the symbolic interactionist
perspective? How is perspective applied
to the study of sociology? Give an
example to support.
What are manifest and latent functions?
(Robert K. Merton) What are the
manifest and latent functions of getting
a post-secondary education?
What are the sociological code of ethics?
Why are they important when
conducting sociological research? What
are your own personal code of ethics for
this course?
What is the difference between
qualitative and quantitative research?
Why is it important to know the
difference between the two?
What are the different types of research
studies? What are the positive and
negative aspects of each? Which is your
favorite method and why?
What is the sociological imagination?
Why is it important to use your
sociological imagination when studying
social issues in society?
Why is Herbert Spencer’s social
Darwinism theory important to know
when studying sociology? Do we still see
the theory of survival to the fittest in
today’s society? Give an example to
explain.
Why were sociologists concerned about
in the early 18th-19th century during the
Industrial Revolution?
What is one social issue you feel strongly
about? How would you change society
to abolish that issue?